The appendix. ([2014?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor-in-chief: Samiran Nundy, guest editor: Sanjay Nagral.
• Editors: Nundy, S; Nagral, Sanjay
• Contents: Front Cover; The Appendix; Copyright Page; Editors; CONTRIBUTORS; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Surgical Anatomy of the Appendix; INTRODUCTION; HISTORY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CONGENITAL ANOMALY; CONGENITAL ANOMALIES; HISTOLOGY; CONVENTIONAL ANATOMY OF THEAPPENDIX; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Acute Appendicitis; INTRODUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURES; LABORATORY TESTING; SCORING SYSTEMS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING IN APPENDICITIS; MANAGEMENT OF APPENDICITIS; APPENDICITIS IN PREGNANCY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Acute Appendicitis in Children; INTRODUCTION. ETIOPATHOGENESISCLINICAL FEATURES; INVESTIGATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; APPENDICITIS IN NEONATES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Laparoscopic Surgery forAcute Appendicitis; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY; ROLE OF LAPAROSCOPY IN DIAGNOSIS OFACUTE APPENDICITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COMPARISON BETWEEN LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY AND OPEN APPENDICECTOMY; SINGLE-INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Complications of Acute Appendicitis and their Management; INTRODUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY3; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING. MANAGEMENTCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Complications of Appendicectomy; OVERVIEW; MORTALITY; NEGATIVE APPENDICECTOMY AND PAIN UNRESOLVED BY APPENDICECTOMY; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; BOWEL OBSTRUCTION; APPENDIX STUMP COMPLICATIONS; FECAL FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING; HERNIAS; RISK OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; COMPLICATIONS IN FEMALES; UNEXPECTED MALIGNANCY; MISCELLANEOUS COMPLICATIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Chronic Appendicitis: Myth or Reality?; INTRODUCTION; CAN IMAGING DIAGNOSE CHRONIC APPENDICITIS?; ROLE OF LAPAROSCOPY IN CHRONICRIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN. SHOULD A NORMAL-LOOKING APPENDIXBE REMOVED IF NO OBVIOUS CAUSE FOR CHRONIC RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN IS FOUND?SHOULD A NORMAL-LOOKING APPENDIX BE REMOVED IF NO OBVIOUS CAUSE FOR CHRONIC RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN IS FOUND?; DOES APPENDECTOMY ALLEVIATE CHRONIC RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN?; SHOULD ALL RESECTED APPENDIX SPECIMENS BE SENT FOR HISTOPATHOLOGY?; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Chronic Appendicitis: Philosophy, Pathology and a Perspective; REFERENCES; Chapater 9. Carcinoid Tumors of the Appendix; INTRODUCTION; PRESENTATION; DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES. Chapter 10. Appendiceal MucinousNeoplasmsMUCOCELE OF THE APPENDIX; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.5545; Appendix (Anatomy) -- Surgery; Appendix (Anatomy) -- Diseases; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Appendix (Anatomy) -- Diseases; Appendix (Anatomy) -- Surgery; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788131239339; 8131239330
• Related ISBNs: 9788131229965
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